We are happy to invite you to the workshop by GM Grigor Grigorov Understand the Queen's Indian. Besides being a solid response to 1.d4, the Queen's Indian Defence will improve your general positional feeling. Instead of trying to memorize long and forced variations, you can start playing this opening by mainly relying on your understanding. Being an experienced Queen's Indian player, GM Grigor Grigorov is ready to share his knowledge with you. In 4 lectures, he will provide you with a ready-to-use repertoire for Black after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
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We are happy to invite you to our camp Material Imbalances. Playing positions with material imbalances is one of the most difficult tasks in chess. Even top-level players often face difficulties to handle such situations. Even though we cannot provide 100% valid rules of thumb, our team of experts will try to structure your thinking process in the best possible way.
We are happy to invite you to the workshop by GM Ioannis Papaioannou 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 - Complete Repertoire for White. After his successful masterclass Understand the Torre Attack - 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 GM Papaioannou continues his Torre Attack journey. This time, he presents another favourite weapon - 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 With the move 3.Bg5, White avoids studying tons of theory in the main lines. In the arising positions, understanding is far more important than the knowledge of concrete theory. Therefore, besides the theoretical lines, during the camp, GM Papaioannou will provide extensive knowledge of the arising pawn structures.
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1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 - Complete Repertoire for White (6 Hours Running Time)
We are happy to invite you to our camp Beat the Sicilian - Practical Repertoire for White. The Sicilian Defence has always been a major issue for 1.e4 players. White players usually face a dilemma - learn tons of theory in the main lines or go for easy-to-learn sidelines without an advantage. Fortunately, in the last few years, modern computers improved our understanding. Nowadays, lines that have always been considered harmless are being employed on the highest level. In this camp, we will focus on the position arising after 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3
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Beat the Sicilian - Practical Repertoire for White (9h Video Running Time)
Nowadays, 1...e5 is a hard nut to crack for any 1.e4 player. In most of the Ruy Lopez and Italian lines, you need to know a tremendous amount of theory in order to fight for some tiny edge. If you need a practical repertoire that limits Black's options, the Scotch Game is your choice. Contrary to other classical openings, in Scotch Game, Black can easily get crushed if he is not very precise. Even in the main lines, White has many interesting possibilities to create at least practical problems for his opponent. In this camp, our expert team of grandmasters will provide extensive knowledge on the typical pawn structures, endgames, and theoretical trends. Additionally, the most important positional and tactical ideas will be covered.
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We are happy to invite you to our camp Understand the French Defence. There is hardly another opening in which the positional understanding is so important. When you know the most important structures as well as positional and tactical patterns, the computer preparation of your opponent does not matter so much. Additionally, studying the French Defence improves your general chess understanding since French structures arise in different openings. Furthermore, French players have a subtle understanding of the space advantage.
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We are happy to invite you to our camp Understand the Ruy Lopez. Ruy Lopez is probably the most fundamental of openings. Many experts consider it to be the cornerstone of the chess strategy. Therefore, this opening is one of the most frequent guests in World Championship matches. When you work on Ruy Lopez, you improve your chess understanding. In this camp, our expert team of grandmasters will provide extensive knowledge on the typical pawn structures. Additionally, the most important positional and tactical ideas will be covered.
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We are happy to invite you to the workshop by GM Ioannis Papaioannou Understand the Scandinavian. Are you tired of memorizing long forced variations when building your repertoire against 1.e4? GM Papaioannou is here to provide an easy to learn and reliable repertoire for Black. Being one of the best Scandinavian experts in the World himself, he will share his knowledge and understanding of this opening. After the camp, you will enjoy a complete Scandinavian repertoire that is entirely based on understanding. Since the arising structures are very similar, this workshop will be tremendously useful for Caro-Kann players as well.
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We are happy to invite you to our camp Understand the Slav Defence. The camp will feature the most important Slav pawn structures. Additionally, participants will be provided with easy to learn and practical repertoire against White's main systems. Since the Slav Defence is a fundamental opening, the knowledge will be useful even for people who don't play it. This camp will be perfect preparation for the second one - Slav Setups against English, Reti, and Larsen.
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We are happy to invite you to the camp Slav Setups against English, Reti, and Larsen. Nowadays, due to the tremendous amount of theory, many players tend to avoid the absolute main lines. Therefore, openings such as English, Reti, and Larsen are gaining back their popularity. Given the flexible pawn structure, it's not easy to prepare against these systems. The idea of the current camp is to provide a similar approach to all the 3 openings - Slav Setups. After completing the camp, you will have an easy to use and reliable repertoire against English, Reti, and Larsen openings.
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Slav Setups against English Reti, and Larsen (7.5h Running Time)